29. Euparius ajax (Jekel, 1855) [New Country Record]

Figs. 17, 22.

Cratoparis ajax Jekel, 1855: 124 . Type material: Brazil: Amazon (type material in MNHN).

Euparius ajax (Jekel, 1855) in Jordan, 1906: 347; Wolfrum, 1929: 90 (catalog); Blackwelder, 1947: 770 (catalog); Rheinheimer, 2004: 95 (catalog).

Material examined. PANAMA: [BOCAS DEL TORO] Escudo de Veraguas Island, 13-15-VI-2006, [col.] V. Martinez & D. Correa (2, MIUP) ; [CHIRIQUÍ] 29-XII-2012, host S. mombin, [col.] J. Sanchez (1, MEUP) ; [COLÓN] Sherman, 2-15-VIII-1999, Malaise trap MT304, [col.] J. Pickering (1, MEUP) ; 130 M Sherman Forest Reserve, lon. 79°58’W lat 9°17’N, 6-vi-10-vii-2002, [cols.] Cizek & Hauck, det. B.D. Valentine as Euparius ochrus Jordan, B.D. Valentine BEQUEST (2, NMNH) ; [PANAMÁ OESTE] Canal, Barro Colorado Island, 17-VI-1996, 9°9’N, 79°51’W, [col.] Pickering-Windsor, ID-6694 (1, MEUP) ; idem but 7-VIII-1996, ID-6736 (1, MEUP); Barro Colorado Island, 13-20-X-1999, Malaise trap, MT315, [col.] J. Pickering, ID-9736 (1, MEUP) ; Barro Colorado Island, 4-IX-2002, Malaise trap 319; ID-45232 (1, MEUP) ; idem but 28-V-2003, MT316, ID-45609 (1, MEUP); idem but 11-VIII-2010, Malaise trap MT311, ID-9604 (1, MEUP); Canal Zone, Barro Colorado Island, IX-19-1978, [col.] R.B. & L.S. Kimsey, det. B.D. Valentine as Euparius ochrus Jordan, B.D. Valentine BEQUEST (1, NMNH) .

Distribution. Nicaragua; Panama * (Bocas del Toro *, Chiriquí *, Colón *, Panamá Oeste*); Brazil.